Original article posted on October 25, 2023 can be viewed here.
The Union College men's basketball team was ranked at No. 12 in the 2023-24 NAIA Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Preseason Poll.
The Bulldogs are slated to play three games against teams currently ranked in the top-10. The Bulldogs face No. 3 Arizona Christian on Nov. 25, No. 9 Indiana Wesleyan in Union's season opener on Nov. 2, and No. 10 Freed-Hardeman on Dec. 16.
Union was slotted at No. 1 in the Appalachian Athletic Conference's (AAC) 2023-24 Men's Basketball Coaches' Preseason Poll, which was released last week.
The Bulldogs were 27-3 (24-0 AAC) last season, and were ranked at No. 3 in the NAIA's last Top 25 Poll of the season.
![ollege of Idaho [21] 36-1 570 2 Grace (Ind.) 31-3 534 3 Arizona Christian 27-6 519 4 Langston (Okla.) 31-2 508 5 Georgetown (Ky.) 24-4 479 6 Montana Tech 29-5 473 7 Oklahoma Wesleyan 27-5 459 8 LSU Shreveport (La.) 26-8 408 9 Indiana Wesleyan 21-9 380 10 Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 24-9 359 11 St. Thomas (Fla.) 26-8 349 12 Union (Ky.) 27-3 332 13 Morningside (Iowa) 24-8 308 14 Huntington (Ind.) 24-8 282 15 The Master's (Calif.) 21-9 243 16 Kansas Wesleyan 26-5 236 17 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 20-10 212 18 Wayland Baptist (Texas) 23-9 199 19 William Penn (Iowa) 30-4 183 20 Southwestern (Kan.) 26-7 166 21 Northwestern (Iowa) 20-10 161 22 Mobile (Ala.) 18-11 116 23 Antelope Valley (Calif.) 26-3 108 24 Indiana Tech 31-5 100 25 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 23-8 94 Others Receiving Votes: Faulkner (Ala.) 93, Lourdes (Ohio) 77, Xavier (La.) 75, Dordt (Iowa) 64, Eastern Oregon 62, Southeastern (Fla.) 61, Columbia (Mo.) 49, Florida College (Fla.) 48, Hope International (Calif.) 41, OUAZ (Ariz.) 39, Jamestown (N.D.) 33, Rio Grande (Ohio) 32, Life (Ga.) 31, Loyola (La.) 24, Cumberlands (Ky.) 18, SAGU (Texas) 16, Pikeville (Ky.) 15, Mayville State (N.D.) 11, Evangel (Mo.) 11, Rochester (Mich.) 7, Bethel (Ind.) 5, Oregon Tech 4, Marian (Ind.) 3, Tougaloo (Miss.) 2.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b01ebe_324600b4ea5040bc8b8ee70ac46ee766~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_844,h_906,al_c,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/b01ebe_324600b4ea5040bc8b8ee70ac46ee766~mv2.png)